Hillwood planning thousands of homes in Manvel

Hillwood Communities, in a partnership with McGuyer Homebuilders Inc., announced Monday its first master-planned community in the Houston area — a 1,000-acre development along Texas 288 in the city of Manvel.

The company said the project will be called Pomona. It will break ground this spring with 300 homes to be built by Highland Homes, David Weekley Homes, Coventry Homes, Plantation Homes and Trendmaker Homes.

The $700 million development is expected to have 2,100 single-family homes when it is completed, according to a statement from Dallas-based Hillwood, which is part of H. Ross Perot Jr.’s Hillwood Development Co.

The company described its vision for the project as bridging “today’s modern lifestyle conveniences to a simpler, laid-back character found in the charming Gulf Coast communities of the South.”

The site includes Mustang Bayou along which the developers will plant native grasses and trees.

“We’ve fully embraced the bayou and the city of Manvel has been terrific to work with on creating genuine coastal features in the architecture and throughout the community,” Hillwood president Fred Balda said in the statement.

Pomona is one of two new projects Hillwood announced this month. The other is Union Park, a 787-acre master-planned community located along the U.S. Highway 380 corridor in North Dallas, which will also break ground this spring.